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The 17:30 BST kick-off between Tottenham Hotspur and Leicester City rounds off the day’s Premier League action.

There is more Fantasy Premier League (FPL) interest in this fixture than usual, with a combination of widespread Wildcard deployment and a reduced fixture list leading to a small spike in popularity for Spurs players in particular.

Four of the 11 most-bought FPL assets of Gameweek 8 come from Antonio Conte’s squad but one of them, Son Heung-min, doesn’t start tonight.

But the other three, Harry Kane, Ivan Perisic and Dejan Kulusevski, make the hosts’ starting XI this evening.

Son is one of four players who drop out of the line-up from Tuesday’s Champions League defeat at Sporting Lisbon.

Cristian Romero and Emerson Royal are also among the substitutes, while Ben Davies is injured and misses out.

Dejan Kulusevski, Davinson Sanchez, Ryan Sessegnon and Clement Lenglet all come into the starting XI, with Sessegnon’s inclusion presumably meaning that Perisic starts on the right flank – something that Conte hinted at in his pre-match presser.

As for the visitors, Jamie Vardy is benched for the second successive league match as Patson Daka is entrusted with the responsibility of leading the line.

Brendan Rodgers has made three changes from Gameweek 8, with new signing Wout Faes handed a debut and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall and Timothy Castagne recalled.

Boubakary Soumare, Luke Thomas and Kelechi Iheanacho are benched.

GAMEWEEK 8 LINE-UPS

Tottenham Hotspur XI: Lloris, Sanchez, Dier, Lenglet, Sessegnon, Hojbjerg, Bentancur, Perisic, Richarlison, Kulusevski, Kane.

Subs: Forster, Doherty, Romero, Royal, Tanganga, Bissouma, Skipp, Gil, Son.

Leicester City XI: Ward, Justin, Faes, Evans, Castagne, Maddison, Ndidi, Tielemans, Barnes, Dewsbury-Hall, Daka.

Subs: Iversen, Thomas, Amartey, Albrighton, Praet, Soumare, Perez, Iheanacho, Vardy.

GAMEWEEK 8 RESULTS SO FAR

Newcastle United1 – 1Bournemouth
Wolverhampton Wanderers0 – 3Manchester City
Nottingham Forest2 – 3Fulham
Aston Villa1 – 0Southampton

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  1. TheTinman
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Time for Kane captain to pay off big time

    Let's go Sir Harold

    1. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Amen

    2. Totalfootball
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Red card + peno miss incoming

  2. Camzy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Sanchez starting is a surprise for sure. Son being dropped not that surprising.

    1. how now brown cow
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Spurs have a big squad and will use it this year.

      Lloris, Dier, Kane + 8 others with varying likelihood of minutes.

    2. Haa-lala-land
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Did you do Ward to Pope in the end?

      1. Hazz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        WC. You can click team link in profile.

  3. GOTHAM City F.C.
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Score predictions?

    1. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      2-0 Kulu and Rich, Ward 9 saves

    2. JayKay1
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      0-3, Madds HT...

      {disclaimer, born and bred in Leics!}

    3. The Mentaculus
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      3-1

    4. Haa-lala-land
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Spurs 3 4 Leicester

    5. banskt
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Spurs 1 - 2 Leicester

    6. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      6-2 to Spurs

      1. Scapegoat Salah
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        Kane brace and 2 assists, Son goal from bench

    7. mdm
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      8-2

      1. mdm
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        Kane 5 goals + 3 assists

    8. Nate(U)dog(ie)
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      3-2 to Spurs, probably low scoring first half

  4. Philosopher's Stones
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    If things go as planned for spurs, can see Richy coming off for Son around the 60 mins mark.

  5. Goodfeathers
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Son of a…

    1. Philosopher's Stones
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Son of a bench?

  6. Freshy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Maddy took a nic in warmups from teammate
    right ankle it looks like

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Great, 1 point autosub possibly.

      1. Freshy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        Hes not the tape it up and go type is he?

        1. TorresMagic™
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 16 Years
          3 years, 3 months ago

          Only going off your comment.

    2. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Son starts after all then

    3. Josh.E
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      hold up, he's injured already?

  7. TorresMagic™
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 16 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    LMS safety score currently 20

    https://www.livefpl.net/LMS

    1. Haalander
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      I won’t hold my breath on reaching thst the way this game week is going! I’d say it’s goodbye from me

      1. The Mentaculus
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        Clinging on also. Probably down to Perisic & Sessegnon whether I survive the week

    2. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      22 including autosubs.

  8. Saïss Doesn't Mat…
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Kane hatty to send Rodgers home

    1. Haalander
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      I’ll take that. Rogers can sneak off in the middle of the night and do what he did at Celtic

  9. banskt
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Funny how commentators turn every VAR decision to "controversial". Today's penalty call is one of the best examples to illustrate why VAR was introduced in the first place.

    1. KunDogan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Agreed

  10. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Time for the BLOODBATH

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Kloodkath

      1. Scapegoat Salah
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        I see what you did there

        1. TorresMagic™
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 16 Years
          3 years, 3 months ago

          You see how annoying it is 😉

          1. Scapegoat Salah
            • 9 Years
            3 years, 3 months ago

            Haven’t done it today

            1. TorresMagic™
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • Has Moderation Rights
              • 16 Years
              3 years, 3 months ago

              Still plenty of time left but well done.

              1. Scapegoat Salah
                • 9 Years
                3 years, 3 months ago

                If the main man speaks I might get a bit excited

  11. FOO FIGHTER
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Son owners in the mud.

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Says the guy ranked 7m

    2. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Goal off bench confirmed

    3. didas
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Ha ha!

  12. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    @OfficialFPL
    SCOUT: In 13 starts against Leicester, Harry Kane (£11.4m) has racked up 125 points including seven double-figure hauls

    1. Philosopher's Stones
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      How many of those 13 starts were without Son though?

    2. Haalander
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      He has 17 goals against them. Shearer has the most with 20. Let’s hope Harry equals it or betters it today!

    3. Eleven Hag
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      🙁

  13. JohnnyCroat
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    James Madisynn to last until HT?

  14. Totalfootball
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Perisic needs to save my GW
    No KDB Kane or Isak

  15. Siva Mohan
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Kane + Perisic

    let's go!

    1. Philosopher's Stones
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Where?

      1. Siva Mohan
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        demolition

  16. Freshy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    With the other 3 up front firing Conte had no choice on who to bench.

  17. g40steve
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Who’s on the Maddison train?

    So long as he scores should survive no Spurs.

  18. Hutchiniho
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    These teams of the week have some serious cheating going on.

    Last week there was the Triple cap on Toney
    Dude top, joined new this week put the C on Ramsey. With pretty much every goal scored even Awoniyi!

    Didn't know it was possible to hack the game?

    1. Mozumbus
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      And the biggest evidence is Collins last on the bench lol

    2. The Mentaculus
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Sheer volume wins - someone lucks on the right combo. Way weirder stuff out there than TC Toney

  19. Mozumbus
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Ward cleanie will be highly welcome

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Hope for a penalty save.

      1. Mozumbus
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        That'd be magical

  20. g40steve
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Always one gobshite in a crowd

    1. Over Midwicket
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      One?

  21. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Main course ready, let’s tuck in

  22. PogChamp
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Please Harry save my GW. A dodgy pen and an assist will do.

  23. Over Midwicket
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Are we avoiding Sess at our peril?

  24. FOO FIGHTER
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Spurs team looks far to good for this poor Leicester side.

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Leicester win guaranteed now.

  25. Abusive_Sgt_Daelrhos
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Save me Harry. You’re a wizard Harry!

  26. GOTHAM City F.C.
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Barnes scoring would be something

  27. _Ninja_
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Lei pen

  28. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    pen to Leicester

  29. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    PENALTY!!!

  30. footyjuana
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    David Luiz is back!